Describe dial-up internet sounds to someone who's never heard them

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Grim Callum

No audio clips allowed, just words. The handshake screech, the crackle, the whole ritual of it. See who can capture it most accurately for anyone too young to have lived through it firsthand.
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Cyclops46

Imagine a fax machine and a theremin got into a fight and somehow both won
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Highland Canopy

A robot clearing its throat repeatedly before finally deciding it's ready to speak to you

LivMorgan

Static trying to sing opera through a tin can telephone stretched across three streets

Luca

A dial tone slowly losing an argument with a kettle that's just started to boil
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Cheugy

Genuinely sounded like the internet itself was gargling mouthwash before agreeing to let you in
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